FIRE crews tackled a blaze at a flat in Southampton in the early hours of today.

A crew from Redbridge fire station were called to Hill Lane in Shirley at 1.24am.

It is thought the fire in the kitchen was started accidentally, and firefighters put it out using a high pressure hose.

Two male occupants of the flat were treated by paramedics - one for smoke inhalation and one for a panic attack.